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DECEMBER 1983 EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS
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EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN DECEMBER 1983 WERE PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THESE WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT COVERING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1982 AND SEPTEMBER 1983, ARE AS FOLLOWS :-
PERCENTAGE CHANGE *
DEC. 83 ON DEC. 83 ON
SEPT. 83
SELECTED MAJOR
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
SECTORS OF
THE ECONOMY
DEC. 82
SEPT. 83 DEC. 83
DEC. 82
MANUFACTURING
847 200
865 100 855 400
+ 1.0
-1.1
BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
82 100
71 200
70 600
-13.9
-0.8
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT
517 700
527 000
532 000
+ 2.8
+0.9
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
J
FINANCE,
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
AND
BUSINESS SERVICES
166 100 162 600
161 700
2.7
-0.6
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES
A COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1983 WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1982 SHOWS THAT EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 532 000, WAS 2.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1982. EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, AT 855 400, WAS 1.0 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1982.
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